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Originally Posted by OverHaze
I had a quick read of the first chapter of The Summer Tree. A shockingly poor first impression, the main characters are so poorly drawn, if at all. It does get better than this right?
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I think it gets better—I agree, it starts out very weak. But even after improving ... Fionavar doesn't rank up there with my favorite Kay works (though I still enjoyed it). I find it fun to uncover the Fionavar connections in all the other books he's written since, though.
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I gave up on the book after reading the first chapter as well. I thought it was simply difficult. The thought never entered my head that it could be considered poorly written.